Other Plants

Ah that is what they are called (claw grips,Thanks)Where do you keep your plant @Gay Gardener?When mine are flowering I tend to put them on the windowsill and that seems to help the buds to grow.I tend to just leave mine to do their own thing and the buds I am sure will grow bigger.It might...

I had one of those years ago. They are like goldfish. The bigger the bowl, the bigger they grow. Had this thing staked to a 10' pipe that I had painted "branch" coloured and the darn thing grew all the way up, then all the way down and was on it's way back up again before the accident. Those...

Hi Dips, how us your money plant, this is mine.....

Downright essential if you want it to survive I reckon. I grew mine in a basket in the bathroom.

A few days ago I went to a very good talk by Kevin Pratt, who used to hold the national collection for Fritillarias. He talked about all manner of unusual hardy bulbs. He said that generally Fritillarias are very hardy - some down to -18C, but they don't like the wet and tend to rot over winter...

Mine has survived a light frost far better that I expected in an unheated greenhouse this year.I have to agree. Mine flowered it's little heart out in the crappy summer of 2015 and even produced seed.

Not a hope in hell I'm afraid. It is available from specialist nurseries, mostly Cornish based. Reason being that it is not hardy.

Even if by some miracle i managed to grow it i wouldnt eat unless i had a recipe from mountain folk ....life would be much easier if richard branson would wire the himalayas up!!

Thanks both! Here are some pics.I've just relocated it to a place that will have fewer cold draughts, it's now in a living room which is bright but not so humid. However I can mist it.Have I done enough to stop these leaves going yellow and wrinkling up to nothing? The yellow ones are...

Cheers Shiney spade it is then.

They make interesting plants in hanging baskets over the summer too.Anyway, they do produce viable seed if pollinated but as Anthony said it needs to be sown fresh.

You can grow them in an open bed as well but they do tend to sprawl. Another thing to remember is that they don't like being fed too much. A little half strength tomato feed about 3 time during the Spring/Summer is all they need.

Thanks for the help guys much appreciated. I'm getting an order together now with all your advice on board. The hedge will span around 10m and so far I've got 10 common hazel, 10 hawthorn,quick thorn, 3 rose red ramanas, 3 rose white ramanas and 2 green hollies this is 28 plants will this be...

I know once established they are pretty hardy, but with one year old seedlings I 'd be a bit careful.

I dropped a few money plant branches into a pot containing a palm and theyve taken root easy.So much so its growing just a bit too well. You couldhold on till next spring and chop the head off the marginatas head and hope the stumpsends up new growths. I did that this summer with 3 big yuccas,...

Indeed, answered my own question earlier! Came home and happened to look up and yes, it certainly can grow on steel cladding Seeing the pics above though (and the ease of pruning description) I think I'm going to pull the ivy out and get a virginia creeper

My father successfully grew some in his greenhouse when I was a youngster.

To me they look rather crowded in the tyres. I would certainly recommend mixing some garden soil in with the compost or repot them into John Innes 2 or 3 and reduce the number of bulbs, in each tyre, by about a half they will soon bulk up again and fill the tyres.

The one usually sold as a house plant is Y. elephantipies, its spine less, forms a trunk and in warm countries can get quite tall. The ones grown in gardens in the UK are mostly from the USA, tend to be shorter, some such as Y. filamentosa or flaccida, dont actually form an above ground stem. ...